Michael Connelly: The Concrete Blonde: A Harry Bosch novelI met Connelly briefly at the Storytellers Summit at the University of Florida, March 2010. I liked his presentation, I liked him, and I liked this book. It's his third novel, and his reputation suggests the others will get better and better. (***)

Noah Boyd: The BricklayerSteve Vail has potential as an interesting investigator, but right now he's playing junior varsity to Jack Reacher. ... Decent story, but with a few too many too-fast leaps to conclusions. (***)